Track 143 wins two Russian awards

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'Track 143' wins two Russian awards

Iranian Director Narges Abyar bagged the 'Best Director' award for the film 'Track 143' while Merila Zarei won the 'Best Actress' for her role in the same flick in the 8th International East-West Film Festival in Orenburg, Russia which was held from September 12-18, 2015.

The flick is a screen adaptation of Abyar's novel titled 'The Third Eye' that narrates the story of a woman during Iran's Sacred Defense (1980-88 Iraqi-imposed war on Iran).The movie tells the story of a mother waiting for her son who has been missing in Pre-operation Valfajr during Iran-Iraq war in 1980-88. She looks forward to her son's return for many years until she finally receives his bones brought to her in a coffin instead.The festival selects films which tell the story of how Europe and Asia — East and West — meet in a manner of cinematic productions.

The film had earlier won Special Jury Award for Best Actress at the Asia-Pacific Film Festival in Australia, as well as the Audience Award for Best Film at annual Reel Sydney Festival of World Cinema.